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Estate Gift to Mathematics Honors Alumnus Herbert A. Hauptman
Hauptman shared the 1985 Nobel Prize in chemistry for creating a method to determine the 3D structure of molecules.
Williams is known for her scientific contributions to nanotechnology as well as her leadership in providing technical input to policy for clean energy and national security.
The undergraduate and graduate student will give speeches during the college’s pre-recorded commencement celebration.
T. rex’s Long Legs Were Made for Marathon Walking
Research finds leg length gave giant predatory dinosaurs the advantage of efficiency, not speed as previously thought.
College Announces 2020 Employee Award Recipients
Faculty members, staff members and students received this year's annual awards.
Chemistry Alumnus Rick Capozza has a Good Eye
Following a successful career in the vision industry, Capozza gives back to today’s students.
New Study Produces Most Accurate Estimates Ever of Ice Loss in Greenland and Antarctica
UMD researcher helps satellite mission map elevation to calculate changes in ice cover.
Myles Poulin Receives NSF CAREER Award
The funding will help advance his study of cellular processes involved in infection.
UMD’s Christopher Jarzynski Elected to the National Academy of Sciences
Jarzynski is a leader in statistical physics and theoretical chemistry.
Two Science Terps Awarded NOAA Hollings Scholarships
The scholarships provide Sam Varga and Ciara Donegan up to $19,000 and a paid summer internship at a NOAA facility.
DNA May Not Be Life’s Instruction Book—Just a Jumbled List of Ingredients
UMD researcher develops potentially revolutionary framework for heredity and evolution in which inheritable information is stored outside the genome.
UMD’s Christopher Jarzynski Awarded a 2020 Guggenheim Fellowship
Jarzynski was recognized for demonstrating an exceptional capacity for productive scholarship in statistical physics and theoretical chemistry.